DPP v Almasi
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Judge | Mr Justice Peter Charleton |
| Judgment Date | 26 June 2020 |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] IESC 35 |
| Docket Number | [S.C. No. 196 of 2019],Supreme Court appeal number: S:AP:IE:2019:000196 Court of Appeal record number 2016/100 [2018] IECA 372 Central Criminal Court bill number: CCCDP00S1/2014 |
| Date | 26 June 2020 |
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19 cases
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DPP v Ward
...on the Book of Evidence), discussed in People (DPP) v Lacy [2005] 2 I.R. 241, and People (DPP) v DO [2006] 3 I.R. 57 and DPP v. Almasi [2020] 3 I.R. 85. 73 . The appellant contends that the evidence was relevant in circumstances where the prosecution was offering evidence of a negative rela......
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Jahiri
...rights of defendants during trial, as well as case law on trial fairness and jury instructions, particularly citing People (DPP) v Almasi [2020] 3 IR 85. McCarthy J concluded that and upheld Jahiri’s murder and assault convictions, rejecting his claims of an unfair trial and evidentiary mis......
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The People (at the suit of the DPP) v Clement Limen
...of individual pieces of evidence cannot be assessed in isolation from the entire factual matrix or by blinkered scrutiny; see The People (DPP) v Almasi [2020] IESC 35, [24–25]. Cole puts the matter well: relevance “denotes something which is variable and elastic: variable because a particu......
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The Director of Public Prosecutions v Z. R
...35 . The respondent relies upon the decisions of Charleton J in People (DPP) v Clement Limen [2021] ILRM 61, People (DPP) v Zoltan Almasi [2020] IESC 35, and the decision of this court in People (DPP) v Quirke [2021] IECA 36 . The respondent submits that the appellant takes no issue with th......
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4 books & journal articles
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Towards A Presumption Of Victimhood: Possibilities For Re-Balancing The Criminal Process
...unreliability. But, a central focus, certainly in sexual violence cases, is prior email and text 134 The People (DPP) v Gilligan 162. 135 [2020] IESC 35. 136 Section 19A Criminal Evidence Act 1992, inserted by s 39 Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; for discussion see O’Malley Report ......
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Exploring rape conviction rates: consent, false allegations and legal obstacles
...to be asked’ or, in other words, that in the absence of such evidence ‘the jury might reasonably be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt 61 [2020] IESC 35 [23]-[29]. 62 ibid [24]. 63 See CM v HM Advocate (No 2) [2013] HCJAC 22, [28]; James Fitzjames Stephen, Digest of the Law of Evidence (12th......
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Charleton & McDermott's Criminal Law and Evidence (2nd Edition)
...Criminal Law (Bloomsbury Professional, 1999) at page 1047. 6 he People (DPP) v McNamara [2020] IESC 34. 7 he People (DPP) v Almasi [2020] IESC 35. Charleton & McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence (2nd Edition) 185 I need not have been worried preparing to review this text, it is excellent.......
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Book reviews - Charleton & McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence (2nd Edition)
...Bolger, Criminal Law (Bloomsbury Professional, 1999) at page 1047. The People (DPP) v McNamara [2020] IESC 34. The People (DPP) v Almasi [2020] IESC 35. Charleton & McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence (2nd I need not have been worried preparing to review this text, it is excellent. The bo......